Burial casket



Nov. 23 1926.

J. A. MILLER BURIAL GASKET .df Miller.

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UNITED STA JOHN A. MILLER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BURIAL GASKET.

application nica January 1i, 1926. serial No. 80,570.

l This invention relates to improvements 1n burial caskets, made of glass, the'veneral object of the invention being to mii-ke the top of the casket of arc shape in cross section,

5 so as to strengthen the same and make it less liable to be crushed under the weight of the earth than a casket having a flat top.

Another object of the invention is to make the top integral with the sides of the casket l" and to leave one end open to provide access to the interior of the casket, this end being closed by a closure which is held in place by pins and cement.

A further object of the invention is to 75 y form one of the pins hollow so that air can be drawn from the interior of thel casket,

after the closure has been sealed, and then 1.

. the pin plugged to form a vacuum in the casket to preservel the body. Still another obfect of the invention is to `provide simple and effect-ive means for placmg handles on the casket without embedding the metal forming the handles inthe `casket walls. This invention also consists in certain l.other features of construction and in the .combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings "'0 and speciioally pointed out in the append;

ed claim. f

In describing my invention indetail, reterence will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like 3" or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of a casket-made in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a plan 4view thereof.

w Figure 3 is a-1ongitudinal sectional view.`

` Figure 4 is a section on line 4.--4 of Fig` Figure 5 is 'a section on line `5-5 ofFig- -',nre3. f' l Figure 6 is a detail view.

In these views 1 indicates the body of the casket, which is preferably formed of glass or similar material, and 2 is the top thereof which is formed .integral with the body and is rounded to form an arch 3. The ends of the top are also rounded longitudinally as shown at 4. One end is left open, as at 5,

with the walls around the opening beveled A/ivvhat I claim and desire and this opening is adapted to be closed by the closure 6. This closure has a tapered reduced inner part 7 to engage the tapered walls of the opening 5, and an enlarged outer end 8 which is shaped to conform to the end of the casket, so that when the closure is in place both ends of the casket have the same appearance. This closure is adapted to be cemented in place` and is also held in place by the pins 9, which enga-ge sockets in the body and closure. One of these pins is made hollow, as shown at 9', so that a pump may be attached to the same to draw the air from the interior of the casket. Af-

ter this is done the pin is sealed to maintain'the vacuum and thus preserve the body. Handles 10 are provided for4 the casket yand these handles are formed of metal strips of substantially U-shape form which ex tend across the bottom of the casket in corresponding transverse grooves or recesses 12 and part way up the sides thereof. Loops 11 are formed at the ends to receive the hands of the persons carrying the casket. s ape top greatly strengthens" the casket and renders it less liable to bev KH the outer box rots away. After the closure; has been sealed in place and the hollow pin' The arch crushed under the weight of thedirt after closed, the casket is both wat-er vand .air

proof so that the body within the casketl will be preserved indefinitely. It is thought from the foregoing descrip-4 tion that the advantages and novel features y of my invention willl be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I .may`

make changes in the construction and in the 1n the scope of the appendedclaim.

Having thus described my;` invent-ion,

to secure by Letters Patent, ist. i

A; casket havingits 'top formed integral therewith and one end open, a closure for said open end, pins for 'holding the closure in place., one pin being hollow to permit the air to he withdrawn from the interior of the casket, after which the pin is sealed.

In `testimony whereof he aiiixes his signature.

JOHN A. MILLER.

combination and arrangement of the several 7 parts, provided that such changes fall withroo' 

